We finally have more details about some out door areas on NCL’s latest ship. When she launches next April, the ship’s top decks will feature the Aqua Park. The area has five full-size water slides, including twin Free Fall slides,…
Saturday morning, while maneuvering into dock at New York’s Manhattan Cruise Terminal, the Norwegian Star “gently” scrapped the pier. Video NSFW-L
The 105 foot Safari Spirit caught fire early Friday morning while docked in Seattle. The ship is currently laid up while undergoing upgrades prior to commencing her Summer Alaskan deployment. There was only the vessel owner and the engineer…
Blame it on the terrible economy of Europe right now. Blame it on the Costa Concordia fallout. Either way Pier Luigi Foschi, Costa Cruises CEO has announced that he will retire effective July 1, 2012. The 65 year old Italian,…
Princess Cruises today raised the curtain on Princess Live!, a new type of cruise ship entertainment venue that passengers will enjoy aboard the new Royal Princess. Taking the audience behind the scenes to share the excitement of a working television…
Louis Cruises have released the following statement following our news that their 15,179grt Cristal was sold: while we are continuously approached by various parties interested in purchasing vessels, these approaches do not of course, constitute a sale.
Back in December, Viking River Cruises surprised the industry when they announced that they will build 2 new 888pax ocean going ships in STX France yards. This will be the lines first attempt in blue water cruising. Around a week…
Cruise Business Online is reporting that Johnny Sid is “close” to acquiring the 26,000grt Louis Cruise Lines ship, Cristal. Johnny plans on operating the ship back in its original home, the Baltic. The ship first sailed the Baltic when she was rebuilt our of…
We have one details at least on the heavily secretive Project Sunshine. Royal Caribbean’s follow-up to the Oasis-class ship has had surprisingly little details announced The twin 4,100 passengers, 158,000grt ships will have Azipod propulsion. The $60-million deal calls for ABB podded propulsion,…
During the conference call Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain stated that while the below Q1 took place during the Costa Condordia quarter, the real effects wont be seen until Q2 or even Q3. That’s due to cruises commencing during this…
Costa Cruises and Italian officials have announced the plan that was chosen for the salvage of the Concordia. Still laying partially capsized off of Giglio, the vessel recently had all her bunkers (fuel) pumped out as the the first phase…
Allure’s sister, Oasis is currently docked in Port Everglades. Last night news broke via CruiseLaw and the AP that a small fire in the engine room broke out on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas. The Allure, which shares the…
This must seem like a publicity stunt as Royal Caribbean’s rival, Carnival plc.’s Star Princess failed to stop for a broken down vessel, but the Oasis did exactly what the Star failed to do. I almost didn’t believe this when…
A story is circulating around the interwebs about Princess Cruises’ Star Princess that aparently sailed by a vessel in distress. On the morning of March 10th, 3 passengers noticed something floating in the water as their ship sailed on transit…
gaffe Noun: An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder: “an unforgivable social gaffe”. Not too many people can properly use the word “gaffe.” Props to Cruise Critic for using it!
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We leaked it on Monday and now its official. Norwegian Cruise Lines CEO Kevin Sheehan, Miami Mayor, and Port of Miami officials announced it together this morning onboard the Norwegian Spirit. The Norwegian Getaway will start sailing round trip Miami…
Last week we reported that NCL has been teasing a press conference slated for this Tuesday [17th]. Last Friday, we learnt, via a mass email from NCL, it will be about their newest ship, the Norwegian Getaway. Shortly thereafter, the Miami Herald leaked, via…
Carnival held their annual shareholders meeting in Miami last week and well, it will be one that Carnival plc. CEO Micky Arison will not forget anytime soon. A Miami version of Occupy Wall Street calling themselves 1Miami, came to protest…
Expedition cruise ship Plancius, is now anchored on the lee side of South Georgia Island after mechanical problems hampered her propulsion. The line stated that she can only travel at 5 kts in calm conditions. Operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, she is…
According to Porthole magazine, NCL will be holding a press conference onboard the Norwegian Sky on April 17th. Initial rumors are that they have finally sold the ship. However, I respectfully disagree. I doubt they will announce that they have…
The Azamara Journey is now docked in New york for the commencement of the Titanic Memorial Cruise. Her itinerary is below. Note that Halifax, home of the largest cemetery of Titanic victims is included as a port. Halifax is also…
Last night National Geographic Channel premiered the highly anticipated, “Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron.” In it, one of Cameron’s tasks was to complete the most accurate CGI of the vessels sinking. Take a look at the video below…
On Friday we reported that the Azamara Quest caught fire and was running only on backup power. Well today she finally made it back to land safely. She sailed into Sandakan harbor on Borneo Island. She was assisted by the Malaysian coast guard.…
Introducing the iStudy. Following the steps of Celebrity, Cunard recently launched the above lounge onboard the Queen Victoria. The lounge features 18 iMacs that dual boot OSX and Windows 7. There also added the iRange. It will be the second…